a/n-PLEASE READ THIS! if you haven't just come from reading the first chapter, i would strongly suggest you go back and do so right now. as of february 19 chapter one has been changed. When i began writing this chapter i realized that what i had written and posted for chapter 1 totally contradicted everything i said in the other two stories. so anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter. I'll try to update as soon as possible.

Chapter Two

The first time I met Sirius, we pulled a prank on his cousins. And we didn't get in trouble for it. Ah, those were the days… When we first met, we were both at this Ministry function-thingy. Those were not the days. One of the reasons both of us were so glad to go to Hogwarts was because we wouldn't be able to go to all of those things anymore.

Getting on the train for Hogwarts for the first time was one of the most exciting things Sirius and I ever did. We were finally going to the place we had only ever heard about in stories.

Once we got on the train, though, the only compartment we could find with room for us already had one other occupant. A red-haired girl was sitting in the corner, staring determinedly out of the window, and she ignored us when we asked if we could sit there. So Sirius and I sat down and started talking, totally ignoring the girl who was ignoring us.

That was the first time I ever laid eyes on Lily…my wonderful, amazing, Lilyflower. It's a shame she obviously didn't share my feelings back then.

You see, a bit after we came into the compartment, we were joined by a greasy-haired boy who wanted to talk to Lily. As he was here to see her, and not us, we ignored him, too…Until he said he hoped Lily would be in Slytherin.

Sirius coming from the family he did, and I remembering things I had heard from my dad about his days at Hogwarts, couldn't help but be interested in the two of them now. Of course, the conversation that followed wasn't one of the best, now that I look back on it, although it certainly had it's merits, what with it being the first time I talked to Lily and all that.

Of course, that was when Lily and I got in our first fight.

And that was when Sirius and I proclaimed an all-out war against Snape.

And that was also when I made up my mind that I was going to love Lily Evans forever.

Of course that was another thing Lily didn't share with me when we first met.

Lily Evans might have been the girl for me, but I certainly wasn't the guy for her. Or at least, that was what she seemed to think. But she came around eventually. Not for a few years, but still…

When I asked Lily to marry me, she was so happy, I think she was a bit delirious. She kept saying the strangest things, and I think she even thanked Voldemort for starting the war at one point. And when I asked Sirius to be my Best Man, he kept going on about how we never would have come this far without that first meeting on the train, never mind how badly it went. I don't think I'll ever understand why I like those two.

As for me, all I'm going to say is, no matter how crazy Lily and Sirius can be I never would have made it as far as I have without them. Here, today, in this church with Sirius beside me…about to be married to Lily.